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Passionate student activism brought robert quinlan together with his future wife during the tumultuous years of the vietnam war. In addition to a pulitzer prize in 1993 and a national magazine award in 2001, he has received a guggenheim fellowship in fiction and an nea grant, as well as the richard and hinda rosenfeld award from the american academy of arts and letters. Now grove press is proud to reissue this contemporary classic by one of americas most important living writers, in a new edition of a good scent from a strange mountain that includes two subsequently published stories salem and missing that brilliantly complete the collections narrative journey, returning to the jungles of vietnam. He gives voice to vietnamese refugees living in louisiana in his pulitzer prizewinning collection of linked stories, good scent from a strange mountain. In robert olen butlers story salem from the book a. A good scent from a strange mountain by robert olen butler pdf free. Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this a good scent from a strange mountain study guide and.
The vietnam war continues to play itself out in fiction, autobiography, and history books, but no american author has captured the experiences of the vietnamese. Publication date 1992 topics vietnamese americans publisher new york. Buy a cheap copy of a good scent from a strange mountain book by robert olen butler. A good scent from a strange mountain by robert olen butler book resume. It received the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1993 each story in the collection is narrated by a different vietnamese immigrant living in the us state of louisiana. Fiction, short stories, social life and customs, vietnamese americans, vietnamese conflict, 19611975. A good scent from a strange mountain kindle edition by butler.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 269 pages and is available in paperback format. Robert olen butler s lyrical and poignant collection of stories about the aftermath of the vietnam war and its impact on the vietnamese was acclaimed by critics across the nation and won the pulitzer prize in 1993. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Robert olen butler is the author of ten novels and two collections of stories. From one of americas most important writers, the pulitzer prizewinning author of a good scent from a strange mountain, comes perfume river, an exquisite novel that examines family ties and the legacy of the vietnam war through the portrait of a single north florida family. Go to the editions section to read or download ebooks.
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